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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
1
Mobilize Your Money ad touts idle dollars turned to business growth with a strong safe system. It highlights deposits paid on time, safety deposits for rent, and protection by Nebraska’s Depositor's Guaranty Fund. It markets Reserves and Savings under the Bank and File program and references the Bank of Good Service.
A jumble of notes reports a fierce snow storm on press night, rental queries, coal needs, and visits. John Wittrock returns to see his mother while Ray Greet plans a new home near stock gates. Helen Holmes in The Lost Express plays at the opera house amid convalescing reports and cattle shipments to St Joe.
Several German schools in Gage county have been closed at the request of the State Council of Defense. Mrs and Mrs. Fred Stafford of Fairbury spent a day or two this week with her parents Mr and Mrs J D Fanders.
Electric entertainer Burnell R Ford will mystify and entertain at the Lyceum Club show on January 18. Opera house venue under Diller auspices with tickets reserved at no extra charge via drug store outlets.
Mrs. Jennie Copeland visits from Odell. Miss Gertarde Diller visits friends at Fairbury. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Clark travel to Pittsburg Kansas. Mrs. Henry Weers and sons visit Herbine. Maude Hull returns to Lincoln from a family visit. Mrs. Frank Pearce hosts Seaeaen ladies Missionary Society. Misses Reka and Katherine Lottman return from Elmwood trip. Community easter services expand to six days weekly before spring dismissal. Chas Hayes and family attend sister in Johnson Nebraska’s funeral. Ruth Davie returns to Odell area to teach after holidays with her mother near Diller.
A chaotic event at the Diller Opera House on January 18 features demonstrations involving high hazard materials and electric car welding through a human body, drawing attention to dangerous practices and safety concerns.
E B Deuchler purchases caut 60 in section 21 township 2 range 3 of the old Jas Bills place for 180 dollars per acre. J E Beach a Jefferson county Civil War veteran dies at his Endicott home from heart trouble. Py Soviow is noted as once living with Ada P Cully on a farm southeast of Diller several years ago.
Beatrice column reports Stutzman and Slocum family visits, noting Mrs Slocum recovering from a car accident. Funeral for Rev F A Carmony in Beatrice area. he was a Civil War veteran with surviving relatives. A. O Boggs of Gilead and James Hoggs listed among local residents with Civil War service.
Regular services resume next Sunday January 18 with morning worship at Rock Creek. The Sabbath school will meet and collect for Armenian relief as hundreds of thousands suffer. Evening League and preaching services follow according to the usual schedule.
The Epworth League sent a sympathy note Monday to Rev. and Mrs. Carmony of Bus Springs after the death of Mrs. Carmony’s father who lived with them. A business meeting and social followed, with plans discussed and ten new Epworth Herald subscriptions secured.
Weather kept congregations away for several Sundays. Sunday school and worship will resume at the usual hour in the Glasses building at 6 30 p m. An offering of 200 dollars was taken at Christmas for Armenian relief. More details to follow.
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